Services for special needs tourists in Israel
Yad Sarah: • over 20 services • 6000 caring volunteers • over 100 centers throughout Israel
Why Yad Sarah?
• A household name in Israel, Yad Sarah has a wealth of knowledge and experience identifying and providing medical equipment and services for elderly and disabled persons. • These same • services and equipment are available to all visitors to Israel, with assistance custom-tailored to each individual’s specific needs. Yad Sarah has years of experience in providing for tourists with special needs. The full spectrum of services can be viewed at: www.yadsarah.org
Equipment for loan: Wheelchairs scooters special beds bathing and bathroom equipment
What can we offer the visitor with special needs?
• Lending of medical equipment and assistive devices, to make your trip to Israel as comfortable as possible. Professional advice on making accommodations functional, accessible, and more enjoyable. Mobility aids to assist in traveling and walking. • Transportation to events and tourist sites for disabled and elderly persons in specially equipped vans driven by professionals trained to work with those who have special transportation needs. Oxygen machines and portable cylinders with carts. • Recommendations and referrals for medical services or assistance information and guidance. Touring and site accessibility information.
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Services for visitors with special needs
Who can benefit from Yad Sarah services?
• Travelers with special needs and their companions. Families of elderly persons and individuals with special needs. Travel agents who are planning itineraries. • Hotels interested in catering to guests with special needs. Tourist sites interested in improving site accessibility. Government tourist offices.
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How to order services?
Equipment for loan: Let Yad Sarah be your ticket to an enjoyable trip to Israel
It is necessary to make advance arrangements for borrowing equipment Contact Tel. 972-2-6444633. Fill in the enclosed form or write to tezuga@yadsarah.org.il For transportation services while in Israel contact 1-700-501-800. While you are in Israel, tours of Yad Sarah can be arranged by contacting 972-2-644-4687 or 972-26444437 e-mail: lalil@yadsarah.org.il or visit www.yadsarah.org for more information
About Yad Sarah
Yad Sarah is an organization of volunteers devoted to preserving the quality of life of the individual coping with functional difficulties. A wide variety of services are provided to all who request them, free of charge or at a nominal fee, enabling the infirm and disabled to live at home and reducing or totally avoiding the necessity for institutional and/or hospital care.